March 16th, 2018

March 15th, 2018

NEC says it has signed an agreement with the Southeast Asia--Japan 2 consortium to build a new submarine cable system to complement the existing SJC cable. The SJC2 cable will stretch 10,500km from Singapore to Japan, hooking up Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, and Korea along the way. [Read more →]

March 15th, 2018

This week Jaymie Scotto & Associates has launched a new initiative aimed at correcting one of the imbalances that has long been apparent in telecom and technology. When one attends conferences and other events in the space, whether physically or virtually, there are very few women behind the microphone. [Read more →]

March 14th, 2018

Blockchain seems to be everywhere these days, although the number of people know why is substantially fewer than the number of people who think they do. Today two global network operators, Colt and PCCW Global, announced a successful proof of concept in which they applied blockchain technology in a corner of telecom where it might have near term impact: wholesale voice. [Read more →]

March 14th, 2018

Syringa Networks is making an inorganic move to boost its fiber depth. The Idaho-based carrier has gained clearance from the DOJ to acquire the former Level 3 metro network in Boise from CenturyLink. [Read more →]

March 13th, 2018

With OFC in full swing this week, Ciena has lifted the curtain on two new optical products. The target is the shifting needs of hyperscale and access infrastructure customers as the entire industry gears up for the next stage of communications technology. [Read more →]

March 12th, 2018

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.

Many people come to MWC to work hard, have business meetings and also participate in networking events. But as we know, each business, industry and event also has its more ironic parts. Especially if [Read more →]

March 9th, 2018

It's been a rough few months here, even beyond the weather of the east coast, but Spring should be coming soon in more ways than one. In the meantime, here are a few more news bytes from this week worth a look: [Read more →]

March 8th, 2018

Tom Brown was recently named CEO of DataGryd, which operates out of the iconic 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel in the heart of New York City. DataGryd has been pretty quiet for a while, but is now ready to rumble. Tom had previously been with Windstream’s wholesale division and with Fibernet Telecom Group before that. Tom joins us today along with Art Valhuerdi, SVP of operations, to talk about DataGryd’s plans going forward. [Read more →]

March 7th, 2018

Broadcom isn't giving up on its quest to acquire Qualcomm despite the new hurdles that have cropped up this week. It's no longer enough to win over Qualcomm shareholders, which they seem to have had a good shot at, but now they are facing skeptical regulators as well. [Read more →]

March 6th, 2018

March 5th, 2018

This article was authored by Jouko Ahvenainen, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net

Startups have a complex role at MWC. The event wants to have startups and new innovations, but at the same time it is dominated by large corporations. 4YFN has been one solution to handle it and it has become more and more popular. But [Read more →]

March 5th, 2018

Late last week there was an interesting transaction that slipped past my nets temporarily. As Uniti Group announced its earnings, it also unveiled details of a sale-leaseback transaction with TelePacific, which is going by the less geographically specific moniker TPx nowadays. [Read more →]